Collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) change what forces can achieve in the air. By pairing crewed platforms with uncrewed 'loyal wingmen', we extend reach, sharpen decisions and take on the most dangerous roles without putting more people in harm's way. These aircraft find targets, share intelligence and act as one connected force, with meaningful human command and control retained throughout.
They matter because future conflicts will demand it. Adversaries are fielding their own uncrewed systems, and forces need to project power, defeat emerging threats and keep pace with a fast-changing threat picture. Collaborative autonomy answers that need, delivering greater operational effect than any single capability working alone.
For decades, BAE Systems has built the technologies that give defence forces a decisive edge. Through FalconWorks, our advanced research hub, we're turning ideas into reality at pace, from our collaborative solution with Certo Aerospace and the Capstone co-axial UAS for Project Nyx to the T-150 uncrewed air system being used by military operators across the world and under continual development. As natural integrators, we combine the digital and physical across every domain. We don't just promise capability. We deliver it and we can deliver it at scale. We keep innovating for what comes next.
Brontanax
Brontanax is the UK's first British-designed uncrewed autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft. It provides a new layer of frontline capability, built to fly with crewed aircraft and add mass at lower cost.
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